Sooo, does this mean it will be cheaper?

If you’re a kombucha fan, then you’ve probably heard that it has booze in it. The amount of alcohol in kombucha, about 1 percent, is borderline negligible. Even the founder of GT Dave’s Kombucha, GT Dave himself, drinks two gallons a day and he’s still standing!—but that little bit is just enough to make kombucha a target of regulation by authorities.

This week, two Democratic and two Republican congressmen have banded together to clear the drink’s good name by introducing the Keeping Our Manufacturers from Being Unfairly Taxed while Championing Health Act, or KOMBUCHA Act. (We're all casually disregarding the T here.) Right now the legislation is just a bill for all you Schoolhouse Rock fans, but if passed, it would protect kombucha and other negligibly boozy drinks from the current law, which taxes any drink with more than 0.5% ABV. Currently, kombucha is taxed like beer at $0.02 to $1.17 per gallon depending on where it’s produced, but if the ABV minimum is raised to 1.25% ABV, your $3 kombucha might be a little cheaper, penny pinchers. Well, that is if the companies decide to pass the savings onto you!

“It’s important that our tax code evolve[s] to address its unintended consequences on emerging industries, and its effect on kombucha manufacturers is an example of why Congress must act to amend it,” said Republican senator Cory Gardner of Colorado in a press release. “This bipartisan legislation is a commonsense fix that will provide regulatory and tax relief to small businesses in Colorado and throughout this country so that they can continue to create good-paying jobs.”

Basically, if the bill passes and becomes a—come on Schoolhouse Rockers!—law, then it would be a major boon for the fast-growing kombucha industry, which currently adds about $600 million to the economy, a number that could hit $1.8 billion by 2020. How about that tea?